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Record of California Land Case 92

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Description: This one-page manuscript is a record of California Land Case 92, concerning land owned by John Sutter. Several witnesses are listed, including John Bidwell and Jean Jacques Vioget.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1852, June 11.
Call number: mssHM 43209
Creator: United States(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Oregon Historical Society, 1967, December 8.
Dimensions: 31 cm :
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State of California : Compiled from the official Records of the General Land Office and other sources under the Supervision of G. P. Strum, Principal Draughtsman G.L.O

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A map in two sheets. Private Land Grants shown and listed. Limits of railroad land grants shown as red lines. At head of title: "Department of the Interior General Land Office Wm. A. J. Sparks, Commissioner." Private land grants listed. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography.

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Land grant to John Hedges :

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Grant of land to John Hedges, father and heir of John Hedges, deceased, former private in Quackenboss?'s 41st regiment, per act of Congress granting land to the late Army of the United States. Grant for 160 acres in Illinois. Signed by President James Monroe; also signed by Commissioner of the General Land Office Josiah Meigs. Printed form, filled in by hand.

mssHM 42366

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Land grant to John Simpson :

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Grant of land to John Simpson, former sergeant in the Seventh Regiment, per act of Congress granting land to the late Army of the United States. Grant for 160 acres in Arkansas. Signed by President James Monroe; also signed by Commissioner of the General Land Office Josiah Meigs.

mssHM 34004

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Land grant to Richard Hazle :

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Land granted by act of Congress ("an act for the relief of the inhabitants of the late county of New Madrid in Missouri Territory who suffered by earthquakes"); signed by John Quincy Adams, also signed by George Graham, Commissioner of the General Land Office.

mssHM 34001

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John J. Longstreth land grant certificate

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Land grant to John J. Longstreth for 160 acres in Lamar, Colorado.

mssHM 84234

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State of California Compiled from the Official Records of the General Land Office and other sources

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At head of title: United States Department of the Interior, Hubert Work, Secretary, General Land Office, William Spry, Commissioner, Prime meridian: GM. Relief: shaded. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography.

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Record of California Land Case 92

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State of California : Compiled from the official Records of the General Land Office and other sources under the Supervision of G. P. Strum, Principal Draughtsman G.L.O

Land grant to John Hedges :

Land grant to John Simpson :

Land grant to Richard Hazle :

John J. Longstreth land grant certificate

State of California Compiled from the Official Records of the General Land Office and other sources